Benjamin Mekdeci Sunday was crowned category A champion after defeating
Alec Melville in straight games 11/4, 12/10, 11/8 in the final match on Sunday as the curtain came down on the Kraft Toucan Industries Limited Junior Skill level tournament organized by the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in collaboration with its corporate sponsor Digicel.
So dominant was Mekdeci that he only lost one game in the entire tournament.
Also winning Sunday in other category A matches were the Wiltshire siblings, Larissa and Shomari who got the better of Taylor Fernandes and
Alex Cheeks.
Larissa Wiltshire had to call on all her reserves to secure a hard fought three games to one win over Fernandes winning 11/3, 9/11, 12/10, 11/5 while Shomari Wiltshire’s battle with Cheeks went the full five games before Wiltshire won 11/5, 10/12, 11/9, 3/11, 11/7.
In Category B Makeda Harding finished the tournament without conceding a game as she defeated Rebecca Low 11/7, 11/6, 11/4.
Samuel Ince-Carvahal was finally tested in his Category C match against Gianni Carpenter and was forced to pull out all the stops in his four game (7/11, 11/7, 12/10, 17/15) triumph while Michael Alphonso had a comfortable straight set victory against Demetrius De Abreu 11/8, 11/5, 11/4 and Lucas Jonas defeated Dominic Collins in four games 11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 11/8.
In Category D Jason Gomes earned a hard fought victory against the much improved Aliyah Persaud 10/12, 11/9, 11/3, 10/12, 11/5 while Kirsten Gomes defeated Madison Fernandes 11/9, 11/4, 11/7.
Abosaide Cadogan and Gianni Carpenter were adjudged the most improved female and male players respectively while Harding and Ince-Carvahal were adjudged the most outstanding female and male players respectively.
Results of all of the morning matches were as follows.
Category A
Benjamin Mekdeci beat Alec Melville 11/4, 12/10, 11/8
Larissa Wiltshire beat Taylor Fernandes 11/3, 9/11, 12/10, 11/5
Shomari Wiltshire beat Alex Cheeks 11/5, 10/12, 11/9, 3/11, 11/7
Category B
Makeda Harding beat Rebecca Low 11/7, 11/6, 11/4
Category C
Samuel Ince-Carvahal beat Gianni Carpenter 7/11, 11/7, 12/10, 17/15
Michael Alphonso beat Demetrius De Abreu 11/8, 11/5, 11/4
Lucas Jonas beat Dominic Collins 11/7, 8/11, 11/6, 11/8
Category D
Jason Gomes beat Aliyah Persaud 10/12, 11/9, 11/3, 10/12, 11/5
Kirsten Gomes beat Madison Fernandes 11/9, 11/4, 11/7
Category E
Nechemiyah Levans defeated James Mekdeci 11/6, 10/12, 11/9
Nechemiyah Levans beat Nathan Rahaman 11/7, 11/8
Category F
Mashal Allicock beat Chad De Abreu 5/11, 11/8, 11/0
Mikhail Persaud beat Liam Carpenter 11/4, 11/3
Category G
Teija Edwards beat Beau Fernandes 11/6, 12/14, 11/6
Jacinta Adams beat Geovanna Dos Santos 11/5, 11/6
Category I
Noah Rahaman beat Grant Fernandes 11/8, 11/6
Final results in each of the categories were as follows.
Category A
Benjamin Mekdeci – Winner
Larissa Wiltshire – Second
Shomari Wiltshire – Third
Alec Melville – Fourth
Category B
Makeda Harding – Winner
Rebecca Low – Second
Maya Collins – Third
Category C
Samuel Ince- Carvahal – Winner
Gianni Carpenter – Second
Michael Alphonso – Third
Ethan Jonas – Fourth
Category D
Abosaide Cadogan – Winner
Kirsten Gomes – Second
Madison Fernandes – Third
Category E
Nechemiyah Levans – Winner
James Mekdeci – Second
Mohyryan Baksh – Third
Kamir Khan – Fourth
Category F
Mashal Allicock – Winner
Mikhail Persaud – Second
Chad De Abreu – Third
Category G
Jacintha Adams – Winner
Teija Edwards – Second
Beau Fernandes – Third
Category H
Louis Da Silva – Winner
Shiloh Asregado – Second
Lajuan Munroe – Third
Category I
Christiana Fernandes – Winner
Noah Rahaman – Second
Malia Maikoo – Third
Most Improved girl – Abosaide Cadogan
Most improved boy – Gianni Carpenter
Most outstanding girl – Makeda Harding
Most outstanding boy – Samuel Ince-Carvahal
